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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Marriott Courtyard: Lobby Prototyping
Mark Hurst interviewed Brian King, VP & Global Brand Manager for Courtyard by Marriott about the new design of their hotels. It’s a great read, talking about how you revitalize a cash-cow business by creating a great experience.
One of Brian’s comments jumped out at me:
We took our knowledge and created, in a warehouse in San [...] Continue reading
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Make Search Better for Your Site
Join us January 12 for our next webinar: Leveraging Search & Discovery Patterns For Great Online Experiences, with Peter Morville and Mark Burrell. Continue reading
Posted in Information Architecture, User Experience, Web Development
Tagged components, Design Patterns, Endeca, Experience Design, Faceted Search, Findability.org, jared spool, Mark Burrell, Pattern Libraries, pattern library, Peter Morville, search & discovery patterns, Searching, semantic studios, taxonomy, UIE Virtual Seminar
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Looking Back at Google in 2009
A fairly thorough retrospective of Google and the huge impact the company had over the past year. Check out the list of releases and new ideas Google pushed in 2009. Impressive and scary at the same time. I wish the little blip about me leaving earlier this year weren’t present, though I’ll admit that’s how [...] Continue reading
Success secrets of graphic designer superstars
Worth skimming through, if even just for the eye candy. But also for each designer’s nuggets of wisdom. link
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UIEtips: Favorite Articles from 2009
We published a lot of great articles during 2009. We featured guest writers, published interviews, and wrote numerous articles on the research we’ve done.
At year’s end, it’s common to reflect and revisit what you’ve done. We thought about the articles that had the biggest impact and really got people thinking.
Even if some readers didn’t agree [...] Continue reading
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Tagged Articles, design, Experience Design, Searching, user experience, ux
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New guidelines boost Web Access
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced a new standard to make sites more accessible to older and disabled people. Continue reading
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The Science Of White Space In Design
Sometimes we forget about this, but white space is a very important component in design and user experience. Inspired Magazine has a great post about the usage of white space in design, even if it is print.
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Ratings vs Rankings
Up until now, my posts have focused on ratings and rating scales. I’d like to switch gears for a moment and talk about rankings. I occassionally hear people referring to ratings as rankings and vice versa, so I’d like to… Continue reading
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10 most popular usability articles in 2009
Overview of the 10 most popular articles on usability and information architecture on The Web Usability Blog in 2009. Continue reading
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iPhone Sketchnote Wallpapers
Had some fun this month, taking my sketchnotes and creating 4 iPhone wallpapers:
Photo: Raul Reynoso
Check out the Sketchnote Wallpapers set on Flickr. Select “All Sizes” and grab a copy of the full-size 320 x 480 pixel version for your iPhon… Continue reading
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